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It was also moved and earried, that in the future the Section 
elect its officers at the first meeting following the annual meet- 
ing of the Academy. 
J. F. Kemp, 
Recording Secretary of Section and Academy. 
STATED MEETING. 
April 28d, 1894. 
The meeting was called to order by Vice-President WHITFIELD, 
fifteen persons being present. The minutes of the last meeting 
were read by the Secretary, and were approved. 
The paper of the evening was by A. A. Julien, ‘‘On New 
Forms of Fungus in the Silicified Woods of Arizona and Texas,” 
illustrated by specimens and lantern views. The paper was dis- 
cussed by Messrs. F. H. Knowlton, Britton, Whitfield and 
Kemp. 
The Academy then adjourned. 
J. F. Kemp, 
Recording Secretary. 
SrateD MEETING. 
April 30th, 1894. 
The Academy was called to order by the Secretary, twenty- 
two persons being present. Capt. T. L. Casey was nominated 
for Chairman and elected. The minutes of the last meeting 
were read and approved. 
The first paper was by E. D. Self, M. E. Notes of a Trip in 
the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, and of the prehistoric ruins of 
Mitla. The paper was illustrated by the lantern and by speci- 
mens. Prof. Kemp remarked that microscopic sections of the 
rock used in building the ruins showed it to be a rhyolite. 
